newbobooks Chapter 226 The Backward Kingdom
Chapter 226 The Backward Kingdom
North Sea, Kingdom of Ondani.
In a poor and backward kingdom, in this country, having enough food to eat is a luxury.
Due to the kingdom's incompetence and excessive taxation, the people of the entire country lived in dire straits.
Therefore, abandoning children is a common thing here, and many abandoned children can often be seen on the streets.
In a dilapidated room, a woman with messy hair grabbed a little girl's shoulders with both hands.
"I don't need you, you're a piece of trash, get out of here!"
The crazy woman threw the little girl out without hesitation.
The little girl was so skinny that she couldn't withstand the woman's strength at all. She crashed through the broken wooden door and flew out.
The woman with messy hair walked to the door, looked at the little girl with disgust, and slammed the wooden door shut.
boom!
The wooden door closed with a loud noise that echoed in the little girl's heart.
"Am I useless? Are you not needed?"
"You don't need me... you don't need me... you don't need me..."
The little girl's eyes were dull, she even forgot the pain in her body, and kept repeating this sentence.
After an unknown amount of time, the little girl staggered to her feet and walked alone towards the dirty street.
At the same time, the Watcher, which ended the battle and returned to the North Sea, arrived at the Kingdom of Ondani.
As usual, everyone set foot on this unknown island and began their adventure.
On the dirty street, Rorschach in a red cloth and Iska in a red dress were walking on the street, looking out of place here.
Those who stayed in the house looked at the two people outside with a hint of greed in their eyes.
Rorschach could feel the prying eyes around him, which made him very uncomfortable.
Just when he was about to take Iska away, the troublemaker showed up.
A dozen ragged men surrounded them, holding sticks, water pipes and other weapons.
One of the tall and thin men stood up, pointed the water pipe in his hand at Rorschach, and spoke in a tone as fierce as possible.
"You're an outsider! Hand over your food and we'll let you go!"
Looking at his thin appearance and slightly trembling hands, Rorschach knew that he had probably been hungry for a long time and this was his first time robbing.
Without directly drawing his sword to kill these people, Rorschach asked.
"Are you hungry?"
Upon hearing this, the tall and thin man nodded subconsciously.
But he quickly realized that he was being robbed and his ferocious expression returned.
"Hand over the food, or we'll take action!"
Rorschach looked helpless. This group of people were so hungry that they didn't want to say anything more to them.
About ten seconds later, seeing that Rorschach didn't make any move, everyone looked at each other and moved towards Rorschach and Iska.
Rorschach drew the Burning Flame from his waist and handed it to Iska. His red eyes looked at the approaching hungry people with a hint of deeply hidden pity.
"Catch him, and his food will be ours!"
The tall and thin man in the lead shouted, as if to cheer himself up.
Seeing Rorschach's unresponsiveness, he swung the water pipe down, but when it got close to Rorschach's head, his conscience made him slow down his movements.
Rorschach noticed this, raised his hand, grabbed the water pipe, and swung it backward, bringing the man to the ground.
Seeing this, the others jumped up and waved various weapons in their hands towards Rorschach.
However, these intensive attacks seemed like slow motion to Rorschach, who had awakened his observation Haki, and he could dodge the attacks by simply turning slightly to the side.
Rorschach swam among the crowd like a smooth fish, dodging all attacks.
About ten seconds later, all the people were knocked down by Rorschach and lay on the ground, unable to get up.
After knocking down everyone, Rorschach walked up to the man in the lead, his red eyes looking a little cold.
"Whatever you want, as long as you can let us go, I'm willing to do anything for you!"
Tears welled up in the man's eyes as he knelt down and begged Rorschach.
Rorschach didn't say anything, just looked at the man quietly.
boom!
The man slammed his head against the ground and yelled again.
"Please let us go!"
The air fell silent. Blood began to seep out of the man's head, but he didn't dare to raise his head.
It was unknown how long had passed, but when the man looked up again, he only saw a large amount of bread placed in front of him, and Rorschach and Iska gradually walking away.
Guilt and gratitude continued to hit the man's heart, and tears kept pouring out like a dam bursting.
The man kowtowed again in the direction Rorschach left and shouted.
"Thank you!"
The others also noticed the large amount of food placed in front of the man, and followed his example, bowing in the direction Rorschach and the other man had left.
"Thank you!"
The sound of thanks echoed through the quiet street, bringing a glimmer of light to the dim place.
Iska walked quietly beside Rorschach and noticed that the corners of Rorschach's mouth slightly raised and then quickly returned to normal.
"Rorschach, are you happy?"
The tragic experience made Iska mature early, but it could not hide the fact that she was only four years old.
"Well, there are too many things that are forced upon us in this world. I don't mind helping someone who is about to fall into the abyss."
If it weren't for that moment of hesitation, Rorschach wouldn't have killed them, but he would never have left the food.
It can be said that the tall and thin man's remaining conscience saved everyone.
But this is only a small number of people. In this kingdom where one has to fight hard just to survive, the vast majority of people have abandoned their conscience and degenerated into demons.
In a dim alley, three thugs blocked the way for the distraught little girl.
One of them held a sack, another held a rope, and the man in the middle held a dagger.
"Boss, this stuff doesn't seem to be worth much!"
The man holding the sack said to the man holding the dagger.
They were slave traders. Generally, beautiful women were the most valuable, strong men were second, and the elderly and children were the least valuable.
"You don't know, a big boss has recently appeared on the underworld, and what he needs most is children."
"Ah, what do you want the little devil for?"
The man holding the rope had a puzzled expression.
The man called the boss explained to his two idiot subordinates with a proud look on his face.
"You don't know, those guys who are high up in the world always have some weird quirks. They need some kids to satisfy their special needs."
Just as the three of them were chatting as if no one was around, the little girl raised her head and looked at the man who was proudly explaining the "boss's experiences".
"You mean need? Does anyone need me?"
The little girl's voice contained a hint of doubt, but more of joy.